Health Ministry seizes unregistered pharmaceuticals worth RM2.6m

The Health Ministry (MOH) has seized unregistered pharmaceutical products estimated at RM2,652,500 and detected 2,438 links on websites selling unregistered pharmaceuticals nationwide in Operation Pangea XV, carried out from June 23 to July 1.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the operation, coordinated by the ministry's Pharmaceutical Enforcement Division, involved other agencies such as the National Central Bureau (Interpol Malaysia), CyberSecurity Malaysia and Pos Malaysia and had inspected a total of 1,059 postal packages...